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Tag Archives: Francis Chew
Ending The War: The Darkest Day
“The darkest day of my life,” wrote Lieutenant William Whittle in his journal entry for August 2, 1865. “The past is gone for naught—the future is dark as the blackest night. Oh! God protect and comfort us I pray.” The … Continue reading
Primary Sources: Through a Telescope Backwards
Perhaps no experience is more fulfilling for a historian than becoming immersed in contemporary first-person chronicles, viewing dramatic happenings through the eyes of those who lived them. Thankfully, our Civil War ancestors were avid and literate recorders of that fascinating … Continue reading
A Confederate New Year Far, Far Away
December 31, 1864: The CSS Shenandoah—the remotest and loneliest outpost of the beleaguered Confederacy—stretched her wings with all sails set as she surged across the Indian Ocean. Her officers were a cross section of the South from Maryland, Virginia, North … Continue reading
Having Done My Duty
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes Dawn, 6 November 1865: The CSS Shenandoah steamed up the Mersey River through heavy morning haze with the Confederate flag flying at the peak and dropped anchor near Liverpool … Continue reading
World on Fire
Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Dwight Hughes. This post is based on a forthcoming book on the CSS Shenandoah. In the cool dusk of Sunday, 2 April 1865, Abraham Lincoln sat with Rear Admiral David Porter … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Navies, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Appomattox Court House, City Point, CSS Alabama, CSS Shenandoah, Francis Chew, James Mason, James Waddell, Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, Robert E. Lee, Stephen Mallory, U.S. Grant, USS Malvern
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A Distant Confederate Christmas
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Dwight Hughes. The CSS Shenandoah, the most remote and loneliest outpost of the beleaguered Confederacy, surged around the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian Ocean about equidistant between Madagascar to … Continue reading
